Martin Potter

From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia   Martin Potter born 4 October 1944 is a British actor After the National Youth Theatre and repertory theatre in Guildford and Hampstead Potter received his first role in British television at the age of 24 in the television drama The Bonegrinder 1968 written by Dennis Potter In the same year he had another small part alongside Brian Cox in the futuristic drama The Year of the Sex Olympics One year later Potters career took off with a much larger role The Italian director Federico Fellini chose him for the main role of Encolpius in his film Satyricon Terence Stamp Fellinis original choice for the main role was not available and Fellini was looking for someone of a similar appearance After this star role Potters career tended back to smaller roles again mostly Bmovies and television productions like the film adaptation of W Somerset Maughams Olive Among his more wellknown parts are the history film Nicholas and Alexandra 1971 and the film The Big Sleep with Robert Mitchum as private detective Philip Marlowe He also appeared in horror films including Craze with Jack Palance and television series such as Doctor Who In 1975 he achieved some popularity with the title part of Robin Hood in a TV miniseries The Legend of Robin Hood In 1985 he again took a part in a production concerning Ancient Rome the American miniseries AD in which he portrayed the Roman politician and opponent of Nero Gaius Calpurnius Piso Description above from the Wikipedia article Martin Potter actor licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia